Convertible car.



PATENTED JUNE 6, 1905. M. POWER.

CONVERTIBLE CAR. APPLIOATION TIL-ED 1mm, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 6, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL POWER, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONVERTI- BLE CARCOMPANY, LIMITED, OF ONTARIO.

OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION CONVERTIBLE CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,575, dated June 6,1905.

' Application filed. December 3,1904. Serial No. 235,876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL POWER, of the city of Toronto, in the countyof York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Convertible Cars, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in convertible cars of the generalclass patented to mein the Dominion of Canada under No. 83,829 onNovember 10, 1903, and in the United States of America under N 0.1 7 49,57 9 on January 12, 1904; and the object of the present invention is tosimplify and improve the construction of the car shown in the saidpatents, so that it may be more expeditiously changed from awinter carto a summer car, or vice versa, and when so changed will beexceptionally adapted for the use intended; and it consists,essentially, of a car provided with vertical supporting-posts and panelslocated between them, removable footboards designed to be secured to theside sill and form in the winter cars a support for the panels and inthe'summer cars a side step, suitable seat-supporting standards locatedto the in terior of the posts and on-thefloor and extending bothforwardly and backwardly of the posts and provided withinwardly-extending lugs at the top arranged in two sets, the upper setsbeing designed to receive and support the seats when arranged crosswiseand the lower sets being arranged to support the end seats when arrangedlongitudinally on the side of the car, a common back for'theback-to-back cross-seats, andsocket-brackets on the inside of the postdesigned to receive such back, longitudinal seats for winter use andbacks therefor supported on the upper sets of lugs and suitablyconnected to the posts, the parts being otherwise arranged andconstructed in detail as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of portion of a car, showing one of thepanels removed to exhibit the interior, the car being in the formadapted forwinter use. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portion of a car,showing it Fig. 3 1s a longiadapted for summer use.

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tudinal section of portion of a car, showing the manner of supportingthe seats when arranged longitudinally. Fig. 4 is a sectional planshowing the arrangement of the seats longitudinally. Fig. 5 is avertical section through portion of one side of a car. Fig. 6 is across-section through the lower portion of a car, showing thearrangement of the Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the lowerportion of one side of a car, showing the arrangement of a cross-seat.Fig. 8 is a sectional plan showing a cross-seat.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

A is the floor of a car; B, the dashboard; C, the roof; D, the sidesills; E, the posts suitably secured to the side sills and to thelongitudinal stringers F beneath the roof.

G represents the seat-standards, which ex-.

g in the seat-supporting standards G. The seat-supporting standards Gare suitably secured to the inside of the posts and by lugs g to thefloor A of the car. It will be noticed that the posts E are rabbeted ateach side to receive-the panels H.

2 2. represent a set of two lugs attached to or forming part of theseat-standard G, and 3 3 represent a set of three lugs attached to orforming part of the standards G and located above the lugs 2 2, one ofthe lugs 3 being in the center of the seat and necessarily opposite thecenter of the posts.

I I are the seats, which are placed back to back, and each comprise theouter bars 7), the inner bars i, and the cross-bars "i and the slats iand the metal U-shaped end bars i The bars 71 are provided with rabbets'5 which form a groove 4.

J represents the backs used for the crossseats, the bottom of the backsJ fitting into the groove 4 and the ends being provided with brackets 5and 6, which fit into the socket-brackets 5 and 6, secured to the insideof the posts.

In the car as arranged for winter use the the inside of the posts and tosuitable bolts panels are supported between the posts by the step K,which is secured to the bottom of the side sills D at the inside and isheld rigidly thereto by the bracing-bolts 7c, which extend through thestep and lugs g 9 forming part of the seat-standard G. The step K ispreferablyprovided with a shoulder 7, against which-abuts the lower edgeof the panel.

The longitudinal seats are supported at the inside by the lower sets oflugs 2, through which extend the stem or bolts 2, attached to the seat.The outer sides of the seats when arranged longitudinally are supportedby the standards 2 (See Fig. 3.) The end crossbars 1 of the seat, itwill be seen, abut each other and leave an opening; but as the seat isdesigned to be covered by a cushion for filter use the openings are notobjectiona e.

L represents the backs, which are provided at the bottom withdependingstems 1, extending through holes in the upper set of lugs '3 and arethereby retained in position on the lugs. The upper edges of the backs Lare provided with hooks 1, which fit into eyes 1 at the side of thepost. The back L is preferably a cushion-back.

For summer use the panels H are removed, as are also the step K andbolts lc, and instead a step K is used, which is located lower than thestep K and is secured to the sill by the bracing-brackets k. In winteruse the ordinary step M of a car is provided with a removable inner sidem, which in summer use is removed and a bracket M substituted in itsstead and serves to support the ends of the steps K.

It will now be readily understood that a car made in accordance with myinvention may be readily changed from a summer to a winter car, or viceversa, and the only por tions that need be changed are the seats and thebacks thereof and the position of the steps and the panels removed, andthis can be done ex editiously.

t will be noted that in this form of car I have provided a seat-standardextending both rearwardly and forwardly of the posts, which is differentfrom the construction shown in my patents above referred to, and by thisconstructionI am enabled to dispense withnearly half the posts and makethe panels of about double the width. The panels are fastened in in thesame way as in my former patents and need not further be referred to.

It will be noted that the lugs 2, which support the seats when they arearranged longitudinally for winter use, are located lower than the lugs3, which support the crossseats, and this is especially regulated forthe reason that in the longitudinal seats cushions are preferablyprovided for winter use, which will raise the seats to the properheight.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a convertible car, thecombination with the fioor and side sills and roof, of the double-seatstandards secured to the fioor and provided with outwardly extendinglugs, the post extending from the roof to the bottom of the sidesills-and located midway of the width of the standards, the panelsextending from post to post and inclosing substantially half theseat-standards and the space between them and the footboard or stepsecured to the bottom of the sill as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a convertible car, the combination with the floor and side sillsand roof, of the double-seat standards secured to the lloon and providedwith outwardly extending lugs, the post extending from the roof to thebottom of the side sills and located midway of the width of thestandards, the panels extending from post to post and inclosingsubstantially half the seat-standards and the space between them and thefootboard or step secured to the bottom of the sill and on which thebottom of the panel is designed to rest and the bracing-bolts extendingthrough the lugs on the standards through the footboards as and for thepurpose specified.

3. I11 a convertible car, the combination with the fioor and side sillsand roof, of the double-seat standards secured to the floor and providedwith outwardly-extending lugs, the posts extendim from the roof to thebottom of the side sills and located midway of the width of thestandards, the panels extending from post to post and inclosingsubstantially halfthe seat-standards and the space between them and thefootboard or step secured to the bottom of the sill and provided with alongitudinal shoulder against which the bottom of the panel is designedto abut as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination with the car-body and floor and end steps, of theremovable inner step-support for the step designed to be interehangeablewith a support for the extended step as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination with the floor and vertical posts and double-seatedstandards secured to the floor and extending e( ually at each side ofthe vertical posts and having a lower set of lugs designed to supportthe longitudinal seats of the car when in winter form and an upper setof lugs desi ned to support the cross-seats of the car w ion in summerform, and the backs of the longitudinal seats when the car is in winterform as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with the floor and seatstandards suitably secured tothe same and the posts located intermediate of the width of theseat-standards, of the cross-seats for summer use located back to backand the A lugs attached to or forming part of the standard and designedto support the ends of the -cross-seats as and for the purposespecified.

7. The combination with the floor and seatof t e seat-standards, of thecross-seats for summer use located back to back and provided with arabbet at the back forming a groove and a back having the bottom extend-I 5 ing into the groove and provided with end brackets and socket-lugssecured to the vertical posts and designed to receive the end bracketsas and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination with the sill, of a step 20 secured to the bottom ofthe sill and provided with a shoulder against which the bottom of thepanel is designed to abut as and for the purpose specified.

MICHAEL POWER.

. Witnesses:

B. BOYD, O. H. BATE.

